DU chief engr among 4 suspended for bribe
The Dhaka University (DU) authorities have suspended two engineers and taken punitive action against two other officials for taking bribe from a contractor to award him its construction work.
The DU syndicate, the highest decision making body, at a meeting on Monday suspended Chief Engineer Amir Hossain and Assistant Engineer Anisur Rahman as an enquiry committee found the allegation against them.
The syndicate also halted pension of Golam Mostafa, retired executive engineer, and deferred two increments of Shamsul Alam, an assistant director (accounts) of the university's engineering department on charge of the bribery incident.
The syndicate also asked to ensure that Yeakuzzaman, contractor of Golden Jalalabad Consortium, who gave the bribe to the officials, cannot get construction works of the university in future, said sources of DU administration.
The syndicate also has asked the authorities to investigate whether a case can be filed against Yeakuzzaman.
Sources said contractor Yeakuzzam managed to get the construction work amounting Tk 2.20 crore by submitting fake documents of bank security money with the help of the four engineers who took bribe from him in exchange of it.
Later, Yeakuzamman made a written allegation to the university authorities after the documents submitted by him was proved to be fake. An enquiry committee headed by DU Pro VC Prof Harun-or-Rashid was formed on the basis of the allegation.
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